ANATOMY
THE BREAST
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Question
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Select all that are genetic factors of breast cancer ____
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If your mother, sister, father or child has been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer, you have a higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer in the future. Your risk increases if your relative was diagnosed before the age of 50.
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Early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after 55), having your first child at an older age, or never having given birth can also increase your risk for breast cancer.
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Having dense breast tissue can increase your risk for breast cancer and make lumps harder to detect.
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Breast cancer is diagnosed more often in Caucasian women than women of other races.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Although doctors don’t know what causes breast cancer, they do know there are factors linked to a higher-than average risk of developing the disease. Some of the factors associated with an increase in breast cancer risk-being a woman, your age, and your genetics, for example-can’t be changed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Breast cancer mainly occurs in middle-aged and older women. The median age at the time of breast cancer diagnosis is 62. This means half of the women who developed breast cancer are 62 years of age or younger when they are diagnosed. A very small number of women diagnosed with breast cancer are younger than 45.
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